Extreme germ phobia

Chapter 382 Backstage
The wind and rain continued, and the white foamy waves repeatedly washed over the beach.

The rubber boat bobbed with the waves, slowly but steadily moving towards the beach, gradually coming into the three people's view.

Ouyang pulled back the bolt, loaded a bullet, and prepared to ambush the enemy, waiting for them to come ashore.

However, the enemy did not approach the beach, but remained on the sea, whispering among themselves as they watched the lifeboats on the beach.

After a short while, it seemed that a conclusion had been reached in the discussion. One of them raised his gun and fired, but he was clearly not used to the harsh environment at sea. He fired several shots in a row, but none of the bullets hit the target.

Ou Yang smirked and couldn't help but mutter, "What a master of outlining!"

Luo Han chuckled lightly: "With such terrible sea conditions, how easy is it to hit them!"

Ou Yang wholeheartedly agreed.

Shooting is not as easy as you might imagine. If you're even slightly off-target when aiming, the bullet might end up somewhere else entirely.

Shooting a moving target from a fixed position is relatively simple, but now it's about shooting a fixed target from a moving position, which is a level more difficult.

The most difficult part is definitely shooting while moving; Ouyang has never had such advanced shooting training before.

The enemy was also very dissatisfied with this result. After a few more words of discussion, they picked up their oars and continued rowing, actually bypassing the beach and rowing further afield.

Ouyang was completely dumbfounded. He had already fired all the bullets, but the enemy hadn't even gotten close!

“What should we do? Should we keep up?” he asked.

"Keep up!" Lu Wei spat out the two words viciously.

The group left their ambush site and quickly climbed the hillside on the west side of the beach, sprinting towards the top of the cliff while trying to conceal themselves as much as possible to track the enemy's movements.

Even though Saint-Noah Island is small, it is still more than ten square kilometers in area. There are no roads on the island, and it is all primitive terrain. Running after the boat on foot is quite difficult.

Moreover, when ambushing on the beach, the initiative is in your own hands. If you chase after the enemy, the initiative will fall into their hands, which will weaken your own advantage.

We can't afford to ignore it. If the enemy lands on the island from another location, they'll turn a simple beach landing into a jungle guerrilla war, and that's when we'll truly lose all our advantages.

Before we even reached the top of the hill, Zhu Yiming's voice suddenly came over the radio: "The Bird's Nest is calling Albatross, can Albatross hear us? Please respond if you receive this!"

Ouyang paused in his steps: "Albatross received, please speak!"

"Oh my god, I've finally made contact!" Zhu Yiming breathed a sigh of relief. "Where are you? Are you still on the island?"

"Yes, what?"

"I've reported your intelligence to the higher-ups. The Hua Tuo says that after the weather improved, the Tongshan frigate has returned to port and is now heading towards Saint Nor Island. You've been ordered to hold off the enemy as much as possible!"

Lu Wei promptly picked up the conversation: "Albatross received!"

After the communication ended, Ouyang asked curiously, "Why wasn't it the Selangor ferry?"

Our side has a total of three warships on St. Vary Island: the hospital ship Hua Tuo, the destroyer Selangor, and the frigate Tong Shan.

Anyone familiar with the navy knows that frigates are far inferior to destroyers in terms of size, range, and weaponry.

Lu Wei gave Ou Yang a strange look: "What are you thinking? Do you really need a destroyer to deal with a cruise ship that doesn't have heavy weapons? Isn't that a waste?"

Ou Yang thought about it and agreed. Although the frigate was small, it was still a proper warship. Using it to deal with the cruise ship would be like using a sledgehammer to crack a nut, a waste of its potential.

As for destroyers, needless to say, our most advanced models can go toe-to-toe with aircraft carrier battle groups, it's like using a cannon to kill a mosquito.

Lu Wei thought for a moment and said, "We can't all follow the rubber boat. Here's what we'll do: Ou Yang, you're fast, so you'll be in charge of keeping an eye on the rubber boat."

“Okay!” Ouyang readily agreed.

"I'll go back to that hill on the east side and keep an eye on the cruise ship. Luohan, you stay in the middle to provide support."

"Yes!"

Lu Wei emphasized: "Our mission is to keep an eye on the enemy, try our best to figure out their objectives, and avoid engaging in combat unless absolutely necessary!"

"I understand... What about the others?"

“Don’t worry about them. If we keep a close eye on the enemy, they won’t be in danger… Well, Luohan, you keep an eye on things, just in case something goes wrong…” At this point, Lu Wei suddenly hesitated.

"Timely intervention?" Luo Han asked.

"No, manage what needs to be managed, but don't get too close. Call me immediately if there are any problems!" Lu Wei paused for a moment, then added, "Prioritize your own safety!"

There are only three of us on our side, and it remains unknown whether there are any hidden enemies among the rescued, or how many enemies there are.

When everyone is together, they can look out for each other. But when they split up and get separated, they are bound to be careless. What if a hidden enemy sets a trap, kills their companions, and steals their weapons?
"Any other questions?" Lu Wei asked.

"Nothing."

"Okay, let's go immediately, stay in touch!"

The three split up and went in different directions.

Ouyang rushed to the cliff. On the way, he encountered a broken coconut tree, picked two leaves, and when he was almost at the edge, he lowered his body and held up the leaves as cover.

Soon, he saw the rubber boat still floating on the sea through the gaps in the leaves.

Calculating the opponent's speed, Ou Yang secretly breathed a sigh of relief and found a place nearby to rest.

On the other side, Lu Wei and Luo Han returned the way they came. Before they even found the beach, they saw several furtive figures hiding behind the fallen coconut trees behind the beach.

Lu Wei's expression turned cold as he strode over: "Why aren't you hiding properly? What are you doing here?"

Song Rui stood up awkwardly, but Lu Wei pressed him down: "Say it from a distance!"

Song Rui, arms crossed, huddled behind a tree trunk: "Zhang Qi and Bai Liu are gone!"

Lu Wei immediately became alert: "Where is it located? When did it disappear?"

He didn't ask who it was, because even if he had, the name wouldn't have matched.

"We don't know exactly where it disappeared while it was hiding," Song Rui said, looking frustrated. "We came back to look for it, but we couldn't find it."

Lu Wei patted Luo Han on the shoulder, signaling him to stay alert: "Are there any particularly dangerous places along the way?"

Song Rui thought carefully and shook his head: "It seems...not!"

Lu Wei gritted his teeth. What do you mean, "nothing"? If this were one of his men, he would have kicked him a couple of times before even speaking!
"Never mind them. By the way, where are you hiding?"

"It's over there!" Song Rui pointed north, to a small grove of trees that had escaped the disaster, nestled beneath a raised hill.

Lu Wei identified the location: "Okay, I got it. You guys go back quickly and don't come out until you receive the message. If you encounter danger, run towards the lifeboats, understand?"

"Understood," Song Rui said.

Lu Wei glared: "He's the only one who understands? What about you guys?"

"Understood!" the group replied in varying degrees of confusion.

"Alright, go back now!" Lu Wei waved his hand, dismissing the group of clueless guys. "Luo Han, find a suitable place to keep an eye on them, and make sure they're safe!"

"Understood!" Luo Han replied, hanging far behind Song Rui and the others.

Lu Wei took a deep breath and strode towards the hillside on the east side of the beach: "Ou Yang, two people are missing. Be careful and stay safe!"

"Got it, be careful too!" Ou Yang replied, and seeing that the rubber boat was about to disappear from sight, he immediately moved to another position.

He tried his best not to let the target out of his sight, but it was inevitable that he would occasionally lose sight of him, so he kept an eye on him while moving around.

Ouyang was already soaked through, and the wind chilled him to the bone, but at a time like this, he couldn't care less about anything else.
After circling about a quarter of the island along the coastline, another beach came into view. As Ouyang stared at the rubber boat that had escaped surveillance again, he suddenly realized something was wrong: "Old Ya, something's up!"

"What's wrong?" Lu Wei immediately became nervous.

"There are only four people left on the rubber boat; the other four are nowhere to be found."

"Find out the truth as soon as possible!" Lu Wei put down his binoculars and began to consider whether to abandon monitoring the cruise ship and rush over to provide support immediately.

Ouyang crouched low and slowly approached the edge of the cliff, immediately spotting several heads faintly visible on the sea surface.

Wearing orange life jackets, they were struggling to swim towards the island. Good grief, they even knew to split up? Well then, don't blame me for being ruthless!

"Old Ya, he's in the water, I'm about to shoot!" Ouyang said.

Lu Wei was taken aback, and instead of asking any platitudes like whether he was confident, he asked, "Do you need any support?"

“It’s too late!” Ouyang said.

Saint Nor Island is an irregularly shaped island with a diameter of about four kilometers. The straight-line distance from the position of Luohan to the position of Ouyang is more than two kilometers.

If there is a road connecting them, whether it is a paved road or a forest trail, Luohan can get there in eight or nine minutes at most, which is more than enough time.

But the road is full of forests and bushes, with lots of rocks and tree roots mixed in. Even the fastest runners have to slow down here.

Instead of having the Arhats rush over, it would be better to quickly deal with the enemy before following up!
Ouyang glanced at the rubber boat getting further and further away, picked up his submachine gun but didn't fire immediately. Instead, he patiently waited for the enemy to get closer.

The effective range of the submachine gun is only 200 meters. Although it can hit the enemy, the accuracy is too low.

Ouyang repeatedly berated himself: Why didn't I bring 191?
The rubber boat was about to disappear from sight, and the target was still not within effective firing range. Ouyang couldn't help but feel a bit annoyed, so he simply gritted his teeth and decided to shoot first!

With that in mind, he aimed at a head floating on the water, roughly estimated the distance, raised the crosshair slightly by feel, and pulled the trigger to fire a short burst.

The silencer reduced the gunshot sound by several levels. It was very clear to Ouyang, but it was barely audible on the sea. The guys in the water didn't even notice that someone was shooting at them and continued to swim towards the shore with all their might.

The waves were too high, and Ouyang couldn't see where the bullets would hit. He re-aimed and fired again.

A man with a harsh face and high cheekbones in the water happened to raise his head to catch his breath, when he suddenly heard a whooshing sound coming from above.

At first, he didn't realize what had happened, but Gao Zanggu quickly realized something was wrong, and his expression changed drastically.

Just as he opened his mouth to shout, Ouyang fired for the third time. A bullet struck the eye socket of Gaojia Bone, penetrating deep into the brain and instantly severing the brainstem, thus cutting off all life in Gaojia Bone.

The body, stiff with high cheekbones, sank rapidly, leaving a streak of crimson in the water.

This shot was a complete fluke. Ouyang neither saw it nor guessed in that direction. After seeing the first target disappear, he immediately aimed at the next target.

The sight of blood in the water alerted the remaining enemies, who quickly ducked underwater. One of the more nimble ones swam directly to Gao Zhigu's body and pushed him out of the water.

When Ouyang spotted someone surfacing, he opened fire without hesitation, bullets hitting the body with its high cheekbones repeatedly.

But he quickly realized something was wrong and guessed that the enemy was hiding behind the corpses.

Nine-millimeter bullets lack penetration power, and given the distance, the chances of them penetrating the corpse are extremely small. Ouyang didn't bother with that and simply released a flying grenade.

Just seconds later, the flying thunder exploded over the corpse with high cheekbones, and several corpses floated to the surface, their blood spreading in the seawater.

Ouyang skillfully finished off the target, and immediately left after confirming the kill, chasing the rubber boat that was about to disappear from sight.

At the same time, Lu Wei suddenly noticed several people on the cruise ship. They quickly cleared the top deck and skillfully set up a mortar.

Lu Wei's expression changed drastically, and he turned and ran: "Ou Yang, run, run!"

There are only a few people on the island. He might be observed by the enemy while observing the cruise ship; and Ouyang might expose his position by firing a shot!
Luohan remained silent, so he was probably not the enemy's target!
Before the words were even finished, smoke filled the top deck as a shell, accompanied by a whistling sound, flew in a curved parabola and fell toward the island.

Ou Yang was running at full speed when he was startled when he received Lu Wei's warning, but the next second he heard a familiar whooshing sound from above.

He had never heard such a voice in real life, but he had heard it far too many times on television since he was a child!

Ouyang didn't have time to think. He instinctively leaped forward, rolled once on the ground, and covered his head before lying face down.

Only the elbows and toes touched the ground; the body did not make contact with the ground.

boom--

The shell landed more than 20 meters away, exploding with a muffled thud and sending countless pieces of mud flying everywhere, withered branches and fallen leaves flying all over the sky.

Ou Yangteng jumped up and ran away as fast as he could.

A short while later, another shell landed behind Ouyang, and he suddenly realized: Why is the landing point getting closer and closer?
Drones? Or something else?
He was practically going crazy, and as he started running erratically, he yelled at the top of his lungs, "Old Tooth, I'm being watched by the enemy!"

Lu Wei had already realized that the enemy's target was not him. Upon receiving Ou Yang's distress call, he immediately turned back to the observation point and found that the enemy was still reloading, and had to adjust their weapons after each shot.

Although it only has one cannon, its rate of fire is quite fast.

Grandma!

Lu Wei's eyes widened in fury: "Albatross calling Tongshan, please respond, emergency, please respond!"

A voice immediately came through the radio: "Tongshan received, please speak!"

Lu Wei practically shouted, "Cruise ship! There are cannons on the cruise ship! The enemy is firing at us! Requesting fire support! Requesting fire support!"

The other party's tone immediately became somewhat anxious: "Tongshan received... Radar locked on target... Target locked... Launch from Silo 7!"

"Main gun... one precision-guided shell loaded... ready... fire!"

Lu Wei couldn't see the warships firing shells and missiles, but he could imagine it in his mind: "Ouyang, hold on a little longer, just a little longer, just a little longer!"

At that moment, Ouyang was running away with his head in his hands, not caring about replying at all, afraid that if he slowed down even a fraction of an inch, he would be hit on the head by a shell.

Hold on a little longer? But how long exactly is "a little longer"?
Nearly 100 kilometers away, a missile shot straight into the sky, flying towards Saint-Noor Island at a speed of more than one kilometer per second.

A dozen or so guided artillery shells lined up in a row, closely following behind the missile.

While running, Ouyang panicked and stumbled. He managed to brace himself with his arm, staggered a few steps, regained his balance, and suddenly changed direction.

A shell landed behind him, and dirt splattered all over him.

Ouyang was almost in despair; how much longer did he have to wait...?

A swift line of fire suddenly streaked across the sky, piercing through most of the heavens, the distinctive roar of the ramjet engine filling our ears.

Lu Wei also saw this scene, but just as the fire line was about to reach the airspace above the cruise ship, it suddenly dropped, and the warhead disintegrated and shattered right above the cruise ship.

Immediately, bombs rained down from the sky, hitting the top deck of the cruise ship with perfect accuracy. Hundreds of sub-bombs detonated simultaneously, instantly clearing the top deck.

The next second, the mortars piled up on the deck exploded, and thick smoke shot straight into the sky.

Lu Wei breathed a sigh of relief: "Ou Yang, are you alright?"

Ouyang's weary voice came through the radio: "I'm alright, still alive!"

"injured?"

"Can't you think of me in a better light!" Ou Yang rolled his eyes. "I don't think I'm hurt."

"Damn, you scared me to death..."

boom--

Another series of muffled explosions came from the direction of the cruise ship, more than a dozen times in a row, all concentrated on the top deck, blowing the top few decks of the cruise ship to smithereens.

Ouyang also heard the explosion: "What happened?"

Lu Wei smiled happily: "It's alright, the Tongshan helped you get revenge!"

After saying that, he switched frequencies: "Tongshan, Albatross calling, missile hit target, all shells hit, threat cleared, repeat, threat cleared, thank you for your support!"

He immediately heard the Tongshan ship repeat: "All of our ship's firepower hit the target, the threat has been eliminated!"

A burst of excited cheers could be faintly heard over the radio. A moment later, the Tongshan asked, "Albatross, is there anything else you need?"

"No... By the way, is the drone ready to take off? We need aerial reconnaissance!"

"No problem, we can take off, we'll be there in a bit!"

"I'm extremely grateful!" Lu Wei wiped his face hard and chuckled.

If you keep causing trouble, if you keep making a big fuss, just wait and see if I don't teach you a lesson!

His granddaughter's backing is so powerful, it feels amazing!

(End of this chapter)